"The boss wants sex": An ad for a phone sex hotline.

Something very special happened in March: For the first time in history, someone in Slovenia got convicted of sexual harassment at work. This historic badge of shame went to Marko Vudrag, head of the Institute for Public Health in Ljubljana, (see his picture here) who was convicted of being a total scumbag with at least four female employees. According to their testimony, he kissed, embraced, stroked, groped, and chased them around his office — all of it unwanted and unreciprocated. He also regaled them with stories of his erotic dreams; in short, he showed a lot of class.

He got a 14-month sentence and four years of probation, but held onto his job after the sentencing. (Is he still there?)

Still, compare this to a recent case in the United States, where an American woman who was spanked at work took home $1.7 million.

The working cultures are vastly different when it comes to gender issues. When I worked at Bloomberg in New York, all employees were required to attend one seminar and one seminar only: sexual harassment awa